各種各樣不同死狀的鬼，皆來到此，依其死時之人種不同，又現其不同人種狀，如白人、黑人、亞洲人等等，皆在此地參與此法會，眾多的鬼魂，如人道眾生一般，因其非爲有血肉之身，故多現飄浮相。誠心恭請南無觀世音菩薩，因此施食法，乃是佛往昔親於觀世音菩薩所稟受。執法事者，左手持淨瓶，右手扶緣，心存觀想觀世音菩薩，現見觀世音菩薩現身道場，眉間放光，全身放大光明，整個道場充滿大慈光。在觀音菩薩的周圍有許許多多童子，身著肚兜，圓潤可愛，天真清純，口帶無邪之笑容，狀極似人間所繪之善財童子。執事之法師，開始作法過程，如神咒加持鈴杵表大智宏法，大力降魔，再誦十二因緣咒，使一切眾生皆從十二因緣入觀，而體「本性自空」。加持使眾鬼魂皆皈依三寶（佛——覺行圓滿，若皈依可消滅地獄苦。法——三乘分頓漸，若皈依可消滅餓鬼苦。僧——法之傳承者，宏法爲業，誓度眾生，若皈依能消滅傍生苦。）執法事者再以遣魔印、伏魔印、次結火輪印，表去魔向大光明，不受魔之干擾。接著法師持咒加持壇場，使悉清淨，依教誦密言，令所作皆成就。施食者，此時發菩提心，願與法界眾生，同時證得無上正等正覺。依次法師以振鈴伸召請孤魂，仗三寶加持，並加持甘露水，心滴水作長河之酥酪，並得咒以開孤魂之咽喉，使之業火停燒，獲得甘露清涼。再利益一切鬼魂，見眾孤魂歡喜受此法食，瑜珈焰口法會圓滿結束。
結
鬼乃人之死後身 去肉去血所餘者
人間眾生自認為 有血有肉稱人身
卻怕無血無肉者 而又不願真相信
人死仍有神識在 此神識乃稱之鬼
死後仍流六道中 受苦受災難以言
瑜珈焰口多殊勝 有法有人也有鬼
法師精通瑜珈法 人間眾生行此法
鬼道眾生享食法 故為三法和合生
勸
鬼道眾生皆是因 過去身為人身時
不肯修福及修慧 造惡造業多造孽
死了變成可憐鬼 可憐可憐有誰憐
在生之時不信鬼 死後卻變流離鬼
今見眾鬼皆來會 方知鬼之有多少
千千萬萬無以計 在在處處都是鬼
你卻不信真有鬼 信與不信皆由你
不在人身多行善 死後變鬼就知了 |
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Ghosts of all different shapes and appearances came to join the Dharma Assembly. The multitude of ghosts was just like a crowd of people except that they lacked flesh and blood, and were mostly floating apparitions. We sincerely invited Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva, for the Buddha had transmitted this Dharma of offering food to Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva in ages past. Holding the pure vase in his left hand, and touching its rim with his right hand, the ceremony leader visualized Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva appear and fill the temple with a great light of kindness radiating from her body. Surrounding Gwan Yin Bodhisattva were many little boys with round bellies and lovable, innocent, smiling faces, just like the depictions of the Youth Good Wealth. The leading Dharma Master recited the spiritual mantra over the bell and pestle, to symbolize propagating the Dharma with great wisdom and subduing demons with great power. Next he recited the mantra of the twelve causal conditions, enabling all living beings to contemplate the twelve causal conditions and experience the emptiness of the original nature. All the ghosts and spirits were able to take refuge in the Triple Jewel. The Buddha is perfect in enlightenment and conduct, but wishes to expediently help others. By taking refuge in the Buddha one avoids falling into the hells. The Dharma is classified into three vehicles and into sudden and gradual, different means of enlightening to truth. By taking refuge in the Dharma one can avoid the suffering of hungry ghosts. The Sangha is the people who transmit the Dharma and vow to save living beings. One who takes refuge in the Sangha can avoid the suffering of the animals' realm.)
The Dharma Master made the mudras for chasing away and subduing demons, and then the fire-wheel mudra to get rid of the demons and bring forth great radiance, undisturbed by trouble. The Dharma Master then recited a mantra to purify the temple and enable everything to be successful. The Dharma Master making the food offering next made a great Bodhi resolve, vowing that all living beings in the Dharma Realm simultaneously attain Proper and Equal Enlightenment. Next he shook the bell to summon the ghosts, and blessing the sweet dew water with the power of the Triple Jewel, the mantra opened the throats of the ghosts and quelled the fire of their evil karma so that they could obtain the coolness of sweet dew. The desolate spirits all happily received the offering of food and Dharma, and then the Yoga Ceremony for Liberating Flaming Mouth drew to an perfect close.
Conclusion
A ghost is a person after death
What remains after the flesh and blood are gone
Human beings themselves acknowledge
That a human body has blood and flesh
And are afraid of that which is bloodless and fleshless.
But they still don't want to really believe
That after a person dies there is still the spiritual consciousness
This spiritual consciousness is what is called a ghost.
After death, it continues to wander in the Six Paths
Suffering pain and disasters which are hard to speak of.
How supreme is the Yoga Ceremony for Flaming
Mouths With Dharma, with people, and also with ghosts.
1. The Dharma Masters are skilled in the Yogacharya Dharma
2. Human beings perform this Dharma
3. Beings in ghostly realm enjoy the food and Dharma
Thus the three dharmas are produced in harmony.
Exhortation
Most of the beings in the ghostly path are there because
When they had human bodies
They did not want to cultivate blessings and wisdom
They did evil deeds, committed crimes and created evil karma
So after death they became pitiful ghosts
Pitiable, pitiable, but who pities them?
When alive, they did not believe in ghosts.
After death they became wandering ghosts.
Today, seeing all the ghosts come to the assembly
One can know how many ghosts there are.
Thousands, tens of thousands, they cannot be calculated;
In every place there are ghosts!
You may not believe there really are ghosts;
Whether you believe or not is up to you.
If you fail to practice many good deeds while you have a human body
When you become a ghost after death then you'll |
